Apology for Will Rogers from McBuckethead

[CaptainObvious]

In his defense, the play where he ran straight backwards our line didn?t block air. All 4 of their guys were in the backfield. Doesn?t excuse running backwards, just duck down and take the 5 yard loss, not a 15 yard loss. There were times when Will had plenty of time and looked gun shy to turn it loose. But there were too many Oline breakdowns. Probably because Kam Jones was out. And we still have lazy receivers that don?t play every down. In this offense, every receiver has to expect to get the ball on every play. I think some of them haven?t committed to getting open on every play.

[tcdog70]

I do too . He comes from an OM family but he bleeds Maroon and White now.

His Mother?s parent are MSU Grads.

[coachnorm]

As I have been one of most consistent shittalkers when it comes to Will Rogers, most of what I say isn?t warranted. Will is True Maroon and a bulldog and didn?t deserve the amount of criticism I have lobbed his direction. I am only so disappointed because I know he can do what needs to be done, the game of football just doesn?t allow it to sometimes.

I hope he gets to work these next couple of weeks. Works on building a hive mind with these receivers and really discusses the WR rotation with Leach. We need our best 4 receivers playing as many snaps as possible. Upwards of 75% of all plays. The four receivers I would have on the field at all times would be, Austin Williams, Tulu in the slot, Ducking, and RaRa. I would bring in Z Thomas as a running back/WR. We need Tulu and Z Thomas touching the ball. That may mean motioning DJ and Woody out and motioning Tulu and/or Thomas in the back field across the formation.

And what has happened to our mesh plays? We rarely hit people on the move anymore. We need to have a focus on hitting moving targets in the windows of the zone way more often than we do.

Remind the WRs that they are the ones that dictate how awesome they are and how many YAC they get.

Either way, Rogers is a Bulldog, and as long as he is committed to being a Bulldog, the man is my brother. Just we have work to do before the bowl game.

You bring up Mesh Plays? All college and JUCO offenses have mesh plays. College football is generating huge offensive production and scores by launching the deep ball not running mesh plays. Some offenses saturate opposition defenses with the deep ball and the defenses struggle? Mississippi State features mesh plays, swing passes, and check downs because CML has not got the message yet. WR is probably a great person but you cant unring the bell. What has been seen cant be unseen. I wish I was incorrect.

[coachnorm]

You bring up Mesh Plays? All college and JUCO offenses have mesh plays. College football is generating huge offensive production and scores by launching the deep ball not running mesh plays. Some offenses saturate opposition defenses with the deep ball and the defenses struggle? Mississippi State features mesh plays, swing passes, and check downs because CML has not got the message yet. WR is probably a great person but you cant unring the bell. What has been seen cant be unseen. I wish I was incorrect.

A perceived poor passer, the Michigan quarterback JJ McCarthy, at one point in the game against Ohio St. was 5 completions in 12 attempts. Those 5 completions generated 189 yards and unnerved the 2nd ranked team at the time. The marginal quarterback finished 12 of 24. The average per completion was 22 yards. JJ McCarthy ran over an Ohio State defender in the game also. The deep ball unnerved Ohio State. I remember the deep ball unnerving Alabama when they played Tennessee? Remember, JJ McCarthy is seen as a second tiered quarterback.